ASTERN Sole trader
SPECIAL SIGHTS
Eye-watering Thought to reach a depth of
150 metres, this spring, nicknamed
‘the eye of the Earth’, is the source of Croatia’s Cetina river.
150 ON THE WATER Celebrating life on the water
Charted waters ˇ˛˘ Ѓ˥˦˧ ˗˔˜ ˘˔˧˛˘˥ ˠ˔ˣ ˔˦
printed in The TImes on 1 April 1875,
showing the previous day's weather. ʼ˧ ˔˦ ˣ˥˘ˣ˔˥˘˗ ˕ ˧˛˘ ˜Є˨˘˧˜˔ Victorian Sir Francis Galton.
Known as a sole survivor, Waverley is the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer. This season it's celebrating 50 years as a living and working steam heritage attraction. In 1974, at the end of its working life as a coastal passenger vessel, Waverley was gifted for £1 to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society. In 1975 it started
a new life operating in preservation and has since carried over six million passengers.
Paddle steamers played a big part in the excursion trade that grew
˜ ˧˛˘ ʤʣ˦ ˔˥˚˘ Є˘˘˧˦ ˩˜˦˜˧˘˗ ˖˜˧˜˘˦ ˧˦ ˩˜˔˚˘˦ ˔˗ ˥˘˦˥˧˦ ˙ ˧˛˘ UK. They also served as minesweepers during the war – Waverley was built to replace the 1899 Waverley which was sunk at Dunkirk. Waverley offers regular trips on the Clyde, Thames and Bristol Channel as well as to the Western Isles and the South Coast of England, with calls at Liverpool and Llandudno.
RYA BOATING QUIZ ANSWERS
1. You may only proceed with specific instructions to do so. The yellow light indicates the instruction doesn't apply to vessels navigating outside the main channel. 2. Twelve nautical miles within which a nation has complete legal authority over the air above, the water and the seabed beneath. 3. To prevent sparks from static electricity igniting the fuel. 4. In general terms, it's the cycle of sea and land diurnal breezes. Specifically, it's the north-east wind of south Brittany and the Atlantic Islands (Belle Ile, etc) which starts after dark and can reach considerable force in the early hours, making anchorages open to the north-east very uncomfortable. 5. Low but clear of obstructions. 6. A high HDOP is a bad thing. It means a high Horizontal Dilution of Position, a bit like a big cocked hat on a paper chart. 7. The overtaking vessel should sound two long blasts and a short. The overtaken vessel acknowledges with a long, short, long blast if they agree, and five short blasts if they do not agree with the intention. 8. The extinguisher is suitable for fires in solid materials such as paper, wood, cloth and plastics.
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rya.org.uk AUTUMN 2025 Poole party
East Dorset Sailing Club is also
celebrating its 150th anniversary. Based on the northern shore of
Poole Harbour, Sandbanks, it’s the oldest sailing club in Poole.
150 litres is the average amount of water used per day by each person in the UK.
150 species of comb jellies live worldwide, with
most using cilia, or combs, to swim.
Photos:
waverleyexcursions.co.uk
Photo:
galton.org Photos: Alamy x 2, Getty x 2
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